In part four of a free six-part tutorial series, Mike Thornton shares some tips and tricks for mixing to the loudness standards, explains the importance of ‘loudness planning’ before ending with some specific tips and tricks for mixing short form content like adverts and promos. Mike goes on to look at the changes needed to mix content for Netflix.
Understanding Loudness Part 3 - Calibrating Your Monitors
In part three of a free tutorial series, Mike Thornton covers how to calibrate your monitors. We look at how monitoring should be configured and provide an explanation of bass management and what your sub should be doing before moving on to a practical demonstration of how to calibrate your monitoring with a sound pressure meter.
Understanding Loudness Part 2 - The Development Of One Loudness Standard
In part two of a free four-part tutorial series, loudness expert Mike Thornton covers the development of one loudness standard. We explore how we arrived at a loudness measurement algorithm that works just like our ears and the various criteria we use to define and guide us when working to the new loudness delivery specifications.
Understanding Loudness Part 1 - Why Do We Need Loudness?
Not sure what all this loudness stuff is about and how it affects you? Loudness expert Mike Thornton answers all these questions and many more in this six-part series, now available for free. In this first part, we clarify what we mean by loudness.
Mixing Dolby Atmos And Stereo Simultaneously
David Stagl is a mix engineer based in Atlanta, Georgia, and this year he has decided to mix every music project in Dolby Atmos and Stereo simultaneously in the same session. In this video, he shares why he is doing this now and then shows some of the technical detail of how he does this Pro Tools.
Amazing - How Sound Really Works
All complexity in sound is a result of combining more and more simple sounds on top of each other and it’s because of this, and some really clever maths that so many of the processes which, back in the analogue days simply weren’t possible are now commonplace. We have two videos which illustrate this point beautifully.
Get A FREE Source-Nexus 1.3 Introductory Course
Source Elements are offering a FREE short course on using Source-Nexus 1.3. In this Academy course, you can learn the basics and ask questions, get information from your peers, and add your voice to this vision.
VocAlign Ultra or Revoice Pro - Which Is Right For You?
In this article, Eli Krantzberg discusses Vocalign Ultra and Revoice Pro from SynchroArts. Let's look at the similarities and the differences and set the record straight.
We Take The Spitfire Audio Exclusive Hans Zimmer Scoring Challenge
Spitfire Audio created a short film inspired by The Blue Planet and launched their exclusive scoring challenge to celebrate Hans Zimmer Month. Alberto Rizzo Schettino shows us how to get the most out of Hans Zimmer libraries.
How To Create Killer Pop Vocal Ear Candy
The process of creating vocal chains to achieve modern vocal ear candy can be time-consuming, involving lots of plugins and is often hit-or-miss. What if there was one plugin that could do it all?
Tired Of Boring Chords In Your Tracks? Check This Out
There are times when you want your progressions to become more exciting and sophisticated, and if you’re like most songwriters and you experience fear in playing around with chord progressions, then we've found a fantastic video tutorial from Dom Sigalas and our friends over at Steinberg which will help.
Mixing Snares With Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor
In this second video, Brent March focuses on the snare track in this video, showing us how to add more body, weight, and saturation to the snare without using another plug-in.
Abbey Road RS124 Vintage Tube Compressor - Free Tutorial
In this first video on using the Waves Abbey Road RS124 Compressor, Brent focuses on the kick; he uses the RS124 in cutter mode to retain the kick's transient. He also jumps through the Super-Fuse Circuit and the Studio Unit Type to demonstrate how the RS124 adds weight and body to a kick.
Preparing A Studio One Session For Mixing
In this video, Marcus Huyskens explains why it's essential to separate the two disciplines of production and mixing, and details his basic approach to prepping a production in Studio One for Mixing.
3 Approaches To Sample Replacement In Studio One 5.2
In this extended video tutorial, Marcus Huyskens demonstrates three different approaches to using Manual Sample Replacement on Multi-track Drums in PreSonus Studio One 5.2.
Podcast Editing With Waves Playlist Rider
In Part 3 of our series on Podcast Editing with Waves Content Creator Toolkit, Brent March focuses on the Playlist Rider. Brent walks us through how the plugin - when applied to the master channel - can be used in your content to ensure that levels stay consistent. Ideal if your a podcaster, live streamer, video creator or live sound engineer dealing with multiple audio sources.
Mixing Guitars With Waves CLA EPIC Part 4 - Free Tutorial
In the final part of this series - Mixing With Waves CLA EPIC - Brent looks at mixing Guitars, including rhythm guitars with lots of low-end content, and then more textural layered guitars.
Studio One Quick Tip - Macros For Lightning Fast Fades
For anyone editing needing to edit fast in Studio One, when creating fades this macro is a huge time-saver, it allows you to work almost as fast as you can think of an edit and move the mouse.
Get Ready To Play With Studio One 5 Perform Menu In Show Page - Free Video Tutorial
In this final video of our free Studio One 5 tutorial series, Getting Started With Show Page series, Brent from Studio One Expert shows you how to set up your Perform Menu to deliver amazing performances, away from the technicalities of the Show Page.
Assigning Pre Defined Controls In Studio One 5 Show Page - Free Video Tutorial
In this free Studio One 5 tutorial, and part 3 of our Getting Started With Show Page series, Brent from Studio One Expert shows how to assign pre defined controls to your macros or MIDI controller - such as the PreSonus atom.